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Episode 68 - In a Word, Freebooters

Episode 68 - In a Word, Freebooters

The Pirate History Podcast · Matt Albers

May 7, 201849m 52s

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Show Notes

The French privateers in Nicaragua found themselves at the mercy of - and at peace with - the Spanish army outside Leon. They were given orders, from the peace signed by Louis XIV, to attack the enemies of Catholicism. Which they did. Sort of. But starvation, poverty, and a thirst for vengeance led them back to Spanish shores.

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